If you are referring to a "platform" that you run on your machine (like my backup/restore script) then use Python. I don't think Python is best, but it is trendier, and as a result, their are a lot more examples. http://www.ifm.net.nz/cookbooks/meraki-backup.html If you are referring to a server based platform - that is a religious discussion. With regard to Meraki in particular, node.js is very tempting, because it is based on javascript, and you can also use javascript in front end web pages. Having one language for everything is great. Also node.js tends to be very light on resources. If you are not so much into coding, then Node-Red is very popular. It has a GUI and you kinda just link things together.
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